ground below them collapsed. the video shows the entire area suddenly swirling and the water churning as the trees are gobbled up. the sinkhole which first appeared last august sits over a salt dome cavern. it s believe the cavern collapse causing the sinkhole. they say the company mining the salt dome had abandoned and sealed the well in 2011. tremors and bubbles began the next year. at this point the experts say it could still nearly double in size. parrish officials say there s no way to fill it and only mother nature can stabilize it. the mining company texas brine is working to mitigate the problem, which includes natural gas bubbling up. about 150 homes in the area have been evacuated. one resident told our ed lavandera, he thinks all the property around there will be worthless. reporter: are you worried about what it means long term?
literally sucked under as the ground below them collapsed. the video shows the entire area suddenly swirling and the water churning as the trees are gobbled up. the sinkhole which first appeared last august sits over a salt dome cavern. it s believe the cavern collapse causing the sinkhole. they say the company mining the salt dome had abandoned and sealed the well, but tremors and bubbling began last year. at this point the experts say it could still nearly double in size. parrish officials say there s no way to fill it and only mother nature can stabilize it. the mining company texas brine is working to mitigate the problem which you includes natural gas bubbling up. about 150 homes in the area have been evacuated. one resident told our ed lavandera, he thinks all the property around there will be worthless. reporter: are you worried about what it means long term? yes, yes.
reporter: the parrish officials were checking the site of a 28-acre sinkhole south of baton rouge. within seconds they noticed the cypress trees go down. watch this. literally sucked under as the ground below them collapsed. the video shows the entire area suddenly swirling and the water churning as the trees are gobbled up. the sinkhole which first appeared last august sits over a salt dome cavern. it s believe the cavern collapsed kacollapse ed kaw causing the sinkhole. they say the company mining the salt dome had abandoned and sealed the well, but tremors and bubbling began last year. at this point the experts say it could still nearly double in size. parrish officials say there s no way to fill it and only mother nature can stabilize it. the mining company texas brine is working to mitigate the problem which you includes natural gas bubbling up. about 150 homes in the area have been evacuated.
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outfront tonight, american loophole. today, we got this e-mail. i printed it out, from the u.s. state department. it announces u.s. sanctions against an oil company based in syria for doing business with iran. now, at first we thought, hey, this is proof of how tough sanctions really are. they re going after everybody. after all, here s the president and the secretary of state talking about how tough american sanctions on iran are. this resolution will put in place the toughest sanctions ever faced by the iranian government. the sanctions will be tough and clearly aimed at the iranian economy. the sanctions have enormous bite and enormous scope. but when we took a second look, buried deep in the state department release, was this quote on page two of my printout. any, my emphasis, business that continues to irresponsibly support iran s energy sector or helps evade u.s. sanctions will face serious consequences. certainly tough talk. but does it add up? no. just this